Sheet-feeding device.



' 11. Y. ARMSTRONG.

SHEET FEEDING DB -YIQBL APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1912.

Patented May'13, 1913.

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I #:Thi's,inrent on zreletgslto sheet:deliverykde vice T e whom-it. m y mete-m newnh t-L-lhw jar citizen; Offlthe United ifitates e o th o. in y' S te l me 's, li 'Y in' amen 'a part otthisls'p'e' 'ifieationi v bundle lofsheet'si. v. llnethe dr wm 80 and useful Improvements,is-sheeeregqing lDevices ;'-an 1 'I': dg hiereby; declare 'that 'the -following ;is a-iulh eleaniand exact-d V ti on' thereof, refereneesbeingnhad'to of, reference mar edij-lthe i fi' 1 2 '15 Y x h indle of "sheetsby means .of a weight 20,

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i id --"-F gure secutivel'y fieliv vation --of asheet delivery jdylce V hodymf .my invention. -Eig.'21is;a1plan-'y1 e w thereo L ,40 wise to ether and on e gel in said-magazine;

end of the lsheetu'In accordance with my present invention the retarding device or needle, designated by 25, is carried by a member 26 the side walls 12 of" the ma azine. ".Said' Letters. Patent Serial w the 9th day of'October 19119, thearrange- .ment being such that wh Fig-A: isfa'partialflongitudinajl-section oi -the groupedtherei'n.-

Asa-shown in the designate's'a generally h0rizontaJil i aJgazine' ,ooi'n rising the bottom .wallk fil' an'd side/.wa s 12, adapted to receive and support a; compact group of sheets or wra pers (1 arranged flat-- Loqate at the inner oidelivery ma azine isa rotative stri per roll 15 thatis ed to a shaft 16 t at is rotatively' mounted ill-bearing arms '17, 17 cairied'by en the smooth por- WBAJBPINQMAOHINB comrei'w, QE Lo ns'vlnnnfxnnwqcmr; A CORRORATION OF 4 I -'--s m mnm pnm I p g PzitentedMay13:, 1913. '1'912. Ifseria messages; 1 I

lb'u 'is 'inoiiing in contact r 5 I Sheets the' said.ro1l-- exerts, no strip- {Pi eetion agaijists id wrapper-sol sheets 'to dra w in, fromjt-he;group or bundle, but

the v biindlefg vjvhen. the; frictional peripheral portion gasses into: engagement therewith. h i pressed against the stripper roll -.by means ofj afollowei19;.arran ed at the'rear end f of the magazine; which is forced against the 1e of wrappers in the magazine are or equivalent dei'z'ice, that operates. on-fsaid foll owfer-Qthrongh a' strep. or belt 21 that isft ln'edrover'the-pulleys22, 23 and is at-' v '70 application for U. S. Letters "ddditionto. the mechanism described; I have provided mean-sittipreventmore than one'sheet' being stripped from the bundle fat-a time," the said means comprising a. re-

tarding device for the-sheets inside the outerniost sheet; Asshown in my prior application end as also shownherem, the said retardmg device consists of a needle, the pointed end of which is pressed inwardly toward the sheets at the inner end'of the group's'o that-the pointed end of the needle penetrates the first few sheets at the inner end of 'thebundle, with the result of holding the sheet or sheets next innermost to 'thatdragged orlstripped from the bundle from being stripped with the forwardmost contour of'the ii'mer 'ends of the group of sheets'. As herein shown the said transverse needle carrying member 26 is czn'ried'by or to the forward end of a sliding bar 28 espectthe construction and opera- 4 hon fthe'fpresent deviceis'generally siniithat-Shown and described in my aforethat lies euts ide one Mr is nqmgaz'me,

a ipted'to Ttxwillfbe understeqd a as liijdditiensl qf the'printed lebels;

4 g -on account a IY-e P Y ments are ea'jieble of variedlstrneturel eria .tions and-of other adaptations,"endl do not wish tohe'limited' tofsue'hldetails except ashereinafter made the subject J of specific --claims v I claimes my invention:- i

' 1.-The cemb1nation'wi th a, 'megezineto receive a. .group'of sheet ';,a.-rotaIt1ve strip H per-device mounted at one end-'ofthe'megezine toretate on an axis' fixed relatively to :agginst th, t ri p end penetrate said magazine for stripping the-sheetsrone ate time fromsaid group, means to'feed the" sheets 'tewerd the stripperideyi'c" {afneedle. ada-ptejdte, penetrate the sheets'jithe'out j endof the magazine; a -supp tjfor th heedle'embracin =a slidinghefi heivingguid g ing suppdttoht ewall ofthe'ina zinefendfid -needle'l so a s" -t0.".l 1Qld the outer wenstan'tly engaged therewitl ia-T v n of mpleyi r. 12.0;retarding deiric'e, such e'sfdesri is that '25 efsuch 'a p preciab1e thickness in the sheets e 4' irregularities of thickness ment'idne ,"so

age the sheets andW011ld not performits '45 intended function. 'VVith my present device t the printingienthe sheets Kiddie 'smd'sheets' -qre jused as 1:ibe1edwrappers ,e d1sposed. princ p'nllynt or neair t p'peror j liter edges of said sheets. The rinting'is are so th n that-if theip rintin "ifoec'u'rs princip'ally. or largely at one side 0 the eenter'ofthe Wrappers] or sheets; such additional thickness,willpnianifesti in foreiii g the :50 general outline rew fraixt" ddfathe group. of \'vrappers,,u,t either 'it's. :topf;;b'r its'hottom I ei i 's? is at-or near tlie' lower sides-.lhgreot, "When the retarding device or needle is located: on e fixed part of-thedevice the said needledoes not and cmehadapt jtself tethe if itbelessumed that the condition generally,

' "'indic:1tea"i.'. Fig. 4, be exaggere ted'beyond that shown therein t-h e needle would not enthe yielding mounting of the needle permits .it to fol-low accurately the outline of the inner end of the group of sheets, regardless of whether the upper or lower edges of the 50 sheets are advanced beyond the other side,

undle Qf sheets having ie lah v e'lyf v thicker and thinner portions with thefsh t w anrying degrees of inelfinatio' a. sprlngi stretched between the wall'and seidslidin'gbar; "if '3 2. The combination with means for uid standing. on edge, stripping means unyield ingly engaging the delivery end (if the bun-L e near one margin of the sheets,'. .retardm M nus-movable in a fixed path oi travel-en I2, engaging. the deliverin end at le point' -;r'e-' so motefrom the point .0 engagementjthereof d h 0thersidef This is.indi-; by said stripping means, means :e' aging i 7 'that end of the bundle remote from tf e"'dej-- v v :iti'the .adgljfignglthick livery end for bodily moving the bundle and. 35 ness given to the sliet sfi simultaneously advancing all portions 'of the sheets of the bundle towardse' retarding and strippingmeans,"and-'a deji F ing said retarding means tqw ery endof the bundl' to'eo ery Rd mf th nhg dle. Withf'res"eet to the plane of thdoppositETdth In testimony, that] Lclamr the foregoing. as my invention I affix mysl ature in the presence of 'twowitnesses, this 2nd day of January A D. 1 912;

HARRY YARRINGTON ARMSTRONG. VVit-nesses:

WILLIAM L. HALL, G. E. DOWLE.

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